Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 3 days, 2 hours.
Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 55 | 116–80 | 59.2 | 5 |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 51 | 103–72 | 58.9 | 7 |
| Four Color Glimpse | 40 | 79–73 | 52.0 | 3 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 37 | 77–41 | 65.3 | 6 |
| Midrange | 33 | 45–80 | 36.0 | |
| Fires of Invention | 69 | 115–153 | 42.9 | 5 |
| Simic Snow | 50 | 86–91 | 48.6 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 43 | 71–70 | 50.4 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 14 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 36 | 63–68 | 48.1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 25 | 52–46 | 53.1 | 1 |
| The Rock | 19 | 23–27 | 46.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 13 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 22 | 57–32 | 64.0 | 3 |
| Séance | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Big Red | 12 | 28–25 | 52.8 | 1 |
| Coinflips | 12 | 5–24 | 17.2 | |
| Jund | 11 | 20–32 | 38.5 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 9 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 9 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 19 | 17–38 | 30.9 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Game Objects | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 7 | 22–12 | 64.7 | |
| Grenzo | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Party | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Treefolk | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Allies | 14 | 30–20 | 60.0 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| Acid Trip | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 21 | 43–35 | 55.1 | 1 |
| Combo | 19 | 16–32 | 33.3 | |
| Dice Factory | 15 | 30–29 | 50.8 | 1 |
| Ad Nauseam | 13 | 5–23 | 17.9 | |
| Restore Balance | 13 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |
| Storm | 12 | 9–25 | 26.5 | |
| High Tide | 158 | 308–261 | 54.1 | 21 |
| Channel Storm | 67 | 191–62 | 75.5 | 20 |
| Citadel Storm | 8 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 8 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 5 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 11 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Dubious Challenge | 8 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 8 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |
| GreenTwin | 8 | 4–18 | 18.2 | |
| Hypergenesis | 8 | 8–21 | 27.6 | |
| Breakfast | 7 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Hermit Gond | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Dredge | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Eggs | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Soulflayer | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Taking Turns | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 10 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 46 | 86–82 | 51.2 | 3 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Storm Herald | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |
| Burn | 35 | 79–64 | 55.2 | 3 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 14 | 30–26 | 53.6 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 14 | 32–20 | 61.5 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Hermit Humans | 12 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |
| Aristocrats | 11 | 29–24 | 54.7 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 32 | 62–60 | 50.8 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 9 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 22 | 42–40 | 51.2 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 11 | 25–26 | 49.0 | 1 |
| Simic Infect | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 10 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |
| Aggro | 9 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 1 |
| Elves | 94 | 209–158 | 56.9 | 8 |
| Red Deck Wins | 86 | 192–116 | 62.3 | 10 |
| White Weenie | 30 | 74–49 | 60.2 | 3 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |
| Soldiers | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Chroma White | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| AggroSlide | 23 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 21 | 47–38 | 55.3 | 2 |
| Goblins | 20 | 34–36 | 48.6 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 19 | 22–35 | 38.6 | 1 |
| Zombies | 15 | 24–32 | 42.9 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 14 | 35–21 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Affinity | 60 | 111–97 | 53.4 | 7 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 38 | 75–63 | 54.3 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 18 | 41–26 | 61.2 | |
| Salvage Titan | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Knights | 13 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 2 |
| Merfolk | 12 | 27–22 | 55.1 | |
| Rogues | 11 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |
| Slivers | 10 | 14–27 | 34.1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Madness | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 16 | 22–38 | 36.7 | |
| Gruul Madness | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Enchantress | 9 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 9 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |
| Ramp | 7 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Greenpost | 19 | 29–38 | 43.3 | |
| Gruul Post | 13 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 1 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 11 | 21–29 | 42.0 | |
| Simic Post | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Defenders | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Izzet Spells | 61 | 126–95 | 57.0 | 6 |
| Izzet Tempo | 57 | 122–86 | 58.7 | 6 |
| Dimir Tempo | 50 | 59–82 | 41.8 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 29 | 61–44 | 58.1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 13 | 31–25 | 55.4 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 13 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |
| Ninjas | 12 | 22–19 | 53.7 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Wizards | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Hive Mind | 5 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Curses | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Hexproof | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |
| Bant Humans | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Boros Humans | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 127 | 264–186 | 58.7 | 14 |
| Esper Control | 50 | 104–91 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Guildgate Control | 36 | 40–72 | 35.7 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 31 | 38–66 | 36.5 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 31 | 39–64 | 37.9 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Control | 31 | 59–35 | 62.8 | 4 |
| Stax | 25 | 45–45 | 50.0 | |
| Pox | 24 | 34–58 | 37.0 | |
| Ponza | 22 | 26–45 | 36.6 | |
| Mono White Control | 21 | 42–25 | 62.7 | |
| Life is Ez | 31 | 64–38 | 62.7 | 6 |
| Demonic Rising | 20 | 35–40 | 46.7 | 2 |
| Jeskai Control | 18 | 30–30 | 50.0 | |
| Runeflare | 15 | 12–27 | 30.8 | |
| Grixis Control | 14 | 11–24 | 31.4 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Mill | 12 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |
| Turbo Fog | 12 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Ultimatum | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Familiars | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |